HMCS Sackville (K181)
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HMCS Sackville (K181) was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy. She was laid down at Saint John, New Brunswick on May 28, 1940, launched on May 15, 1941 and commissioned on December 30, 1941. Like several other Canadian Flower-class corvettes, Sackville was named after a Canadian town, in this case Sackville, New Brunswick.
During World War II she protected transatlantic convoys as part of the Second Battle of the Atlantic, escorting merchant ships and troop ships between St. John's, Newfoundland and Londonderry Port, Northern Ireland. In September 1943 she took part in the battle of convoys ON-202 and ONS-18 and was damaged, possibly by a torpedo detonated by one of her depth charges. Because of this damage, she was retired from active service and used as a training ship.
She was paid off and decommissioned on April 8, 1946. Most Flower-class corvettes were scrapped after the war however Sackville continued her service to Canada when she was transferred to the Department of Marine and Fisheries and its successors. She served into the 1960s before retiring for the second time.
Paid off from civilian service, the Sackville was donated to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and restored to her World War II appearance. She is currently a museum ship in Halifax Harbour alongside the Maritime Museum with the CSS Acadia.
